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Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie.
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576) |
Date: |
Fri, 20 May 2016 21:55:40 +0300 |
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 21:15:59 +0300
>
> On 05/20/2016 08:47 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > We must solve the problems that annoy users (and me as well).
>
> Have you ever experienced an actual need to modify the variable
> `server-name' using `set-variable' yourself?
I honestly don't remember. I did get annoyed by set-variable not
working for the same reasons with other variables, though, so I am
sympathetic with the OP's annoyance.
> Like Glenn says, it looks like a pretty niche feature.
Then why are we arguing about it so much?
> If so, it would not be unreasonable to expect that the user is
> familiar with `setq'.
We don't advise using setq in the user manual, in general.
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), (continued)
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Stefan Monnier, 2016/05/20
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Eli Zaretskii, 2016/05/20
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Stefan Monnier, 2016/05/25
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Stefan Monnier, 2016/05/25
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Eli Zaretskii, 2016/05/26
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Stefan Monnier, 2016/05/27
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Eli Zaretskii, 2016/05/28
Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Glenn Morris, 2016/05/20
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Eli Zaretskii, 2016/05/20
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Dmitry Gutov, 2016/05/20
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576),
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Leo Liu, 2016/05/21
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Eli Zaretskii, 2016/05/21
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Dmitry Gutov, 2016/05/21
- Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576), Eli Zaretskii, 2016/05/21